NCOA’s Senior SNAP Enrollment Initiative

NCOA’s Senior SNAP Enrollment Initiative is a national program that fights senior hunger by supporting efforts by community-based organizations and agencies to assist older adults (i.e., age 60 and over) in applying for and enrolling in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

With generous support from the Walmart Foundation, we have awarded $2 million in grant funding to over 30 community-based organizations across America for SNAP outreach and application assistance efforts. NCOA provides strategic leadership, technical assistance, and training to help our broad network of partners use proven strategies to enroll older adults in SNAP.

NCOA also offers a free online service called BenefitsCheckUp®, which screens seniors with limited income for SNAP and other benefits. Since 2009, the tool has already helped more than 1 million people find over $1.1 billion in SNAP benefits.

SNAP initiative partners

Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut – New Haven, CT

AgeOptions – Oak Park, IL

Benefits Data Trust – Baltimore, MD and Philadelphia, PA

Catawba Area Agency on Aging – Rock Hill, SC

Community Food Bank, Inc. – Tucson, AZ

Department of Erie County Senior Services – Buffalo, NY

Elder Law of Michigan – Lansing, MI

ElderSource – Jacksonville, FL

End Hunger Connecticut!, Inc. – Hartford, CT

Feeding the Gulf Coast – Theodore, AL

Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina – Raleigh, NC

Greater Chicago Food Depository – Chicago, IL

Greater Cleveland Food Bank – Cleveland, OH

HOPES Community Action Partnership Inc. – Hoboken, NJ

Human Resources Development Council of District IX, Inc. – Bozeman, MT